Latest PGDM figure: a maximum from an ongoing season
IIBS’s 26 October 2026 announcement says the highest package recorded for the PGDM 2025–27 batch had reached ₹72 LPA while placements were continuing. This is an interim maximum, not a completed batch average or a statement that every eligible student received an offer. The announcement does not give the number of students in the cohort, how many were seeking placements, how many had offers at that point, or the date and basis used to calculate the package. Treat ₹72 LPA as one reported high outcome and verify its status before using it as a typical salary expectation.
For applicants comparing Prime and NextGen, the headline figure does not identify which programme or specialisation produced the offer. IIBS’s release presents the 2025–27 figure for the PGDM batch as a whole. It does not support attributing the maximum to a specific stream, employer, domestic or international role, or an individual programme path.
Completed cohort comparison
The same announcement reports a highest package of ₹62 LPA and average package of ₹11.2 LPA for the PGDM 2024–26 batch. The average is more informative than the maximum for a broad cohort comparison, but IIBS does not state the calculation method or denominator in that announcement. It does not say how many students graduated, sought placement, were included in the average, had offers, or were excluded. The figure should therefore be read as an institution-reported batch average, not assumed to be the median or a guaranteed outcome.
The ₹72 LPA interim maximum is ₹10 LPA above the ₹62 LPA maximum listed for 2024–26. That subtraction compares two published maximums only. It is not evidence of a like-for-like improvement: one figure is from a season still in progress and the other is for an earlier batch, and the announcement supplies no matching completion date, denominator or role-level breakdown. Do not use the difference as a salary-growth forecast.
Read IIBS offer bands with their conditions
IIBS’s 2027–29 announcement separately describes a stated ₹8–12 LPA placement opportunity band for Prime and an “assured placement opportunity band” of ₹12–25 LPA for NextGen, subject to programme conditions, student eligibility and employer selection. The page does not explain the conditions, define whether these are salary ranges or placement-assistance bands, or say how many students qualified for them. The word “assured” should not be read as an unconditional job or minimum salary guarantee. Ask IIBS for the written policy, the exact eligibility rules and the remedy if the stated conditions are not met before comparing this language with a cohort average.
The figures also answer different questions. A maximum describes the highest reported offer; an average describes an institution-reported central calculation; and a programme band is a statement about a route or opportunity with conditions. They are not interchangeable. IIBS has not reported the median, the share of eligible students placed, the count seeking placement, or the share receiving offers within the stated bands in the release reviewed here.
Keep programme outcomes separate from other page figures
IIBS maintains a separate “Yearly Placement” page whose first package figures are explicitly under “BBA, BCA, B.Com & BA” and “UG Placements Package.” Those undergraduate figures should not be combined with PGDM results. The separate “Current Placement” page labels examples as individual PGDM Batch 2024–26 placements and contains a section for companies processed in 2025–26; neither heading turns individual examples or recruiter processing into a complete batch placement rate.
The 2025–27 announcement is the most recent dated PGDM outcome statement located in the opened material, but the result is provisional because placements were continuing when it was published. A later placement notice or final report should supersede it for that cohort. The announcement does not provide an auditable table of programme-wise counts, graduated and placed denominators, median salary, salary basis or a complete role distribution. We do not infer those fields from the maximum or average.
Questions to ask before committing
Request the latest batch report for the exact Prime or NextGen programme and ask it to show the graduating cohort, placement-seeking population, offers and unique students placed, median and average calculation, highest-offer context, salary basis, and reporting cut-off date. Ask whether international roles, multiple offers, internships converted to jobs and non-participating students are counted, and whether figures refer to CTC, fixed pay or another measure. These details make an outcome figure comparable with another school’s report.
For the NextGen band, ask for the official terms in writing: which programme conditions apply, which students qualify, whether ₹12–25 LPA is a pay band or placement-assistance range, and what “assured” means if no employer makes an offer. For the Prime band, ask the same questions about the stated ₹8–12 LPA opportunity. Compare verified outcomes with the programme’s total academic fee and separate living costs, not with one top package alone.
Use IIBS’s official placements page and 2027–29 programme announcement to confirm later updates. Until a final cohort report gives the missing counts and method, the figures here are useful as dated institutional claims but cannot establish an individual applicant’s likely salary or placement probability.